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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
EIGHTY IN THE SHADE.
Regret Mingled With Relief The Furtive
Corn-COb.

Regret Mingled With Relief The Furtive
Corn-Cob.
Correspondence PAI-ATKA NEWS
With the swelling mercury our winter
energy is somewhat abating. The tourist
has departed, our cool weather resident
is packing his trunk and we breathe a
sigh of half regret and half relief Re
greet that familiar, and perhaps beloved,
faces should disappear maybe forever.
Relief, that now our busiest time is over.
that we can doff for awhile our metro
politan manners and Boston accent
along with our equally uncomfortable
Derby and accursed high collar.
Our evening dress having nobIy stood
the strain of many hops and much pro
gressive euchre. must now be carefully
camphOrated and cautiously clOseted.
Our favorite corn-cob is hunted up
and lovingly kissed; to be discarded fur
lively, however, ON the approach of our
sweetest summer girl. who, by the way,
is a subject Of much nice diplomacy at
this time 1t is mooted point among
those who should know, whether it were
better To- answer the look of mild re-
proach for past neglect 10y equally mild
reproof for similar desertiOn, and thus
pass from mutual recriminations to mu-
tual forgiveness. peace and the piazza. or
To calmly ignore the inevitable GOODNESS
and boldly carry 10y storm the family de-
Tended fortress. Whichever plan be-
adopted will be quickly carried out by
the wise and prudent The summer Is
long, and hot. and dreary- correspon-
dence is apt to wither and die, com
menced it never 50 promisingly, and at
best it is but cold and unsatisfactory to
the young and ardent, while the gods
alone know what their mills will grind
next winter.
Our hotel princes lock up their palaces,
gather together their shekels and take
them away, either To be saited down at
six per cent. or sunk at Saratoga.
GROSVENOR.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
~ AdjouHnr After a Busy session of Nine
DAVIS.

Days
The Circuit Court was opened ut $50
O'Clock yesterday morning, for the pur-
pose of completing the work of the pres
ent session and passing sentence ON
Henry WiggIns, the murderer.
The only case disposed of was the State
VS.. A. +. Wise, charged with carrying
concealed weapons. He entered plea
of guilty, and was fiued so and costs.
The case of the State VS.. Geo. Wells.
charged with resisting an officer in the
discharge of his duty, was continued on
account of the absence of the witnesses
for the defense. The defendant was
ordered sent to- Alachua county, to be
tried under indictments pending against
him in that county.
Judge Wigg, Prosecuting Attorney, has
succeeded in clearing the Jail of every pris-
oner except those under sentence, which
is sufficient compliment to his untiring
energy and perseverance in prosecuting
criminals. He succeeded i'm convicting
every prisoner tried except one, and i'm
doing SO has no doubt given crime a very
black eye in Putnam county.
After few minor motions, etc, the
Court adjourned.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
TO BE HANGED.

Judge King Pronounces the Sentence of /
Death ON Henry Wi<gfns-
Henry Virgins. the murderer of MIR. |
VIM. p. Porter, was yesterday, for the |
second time, sentenced to be hanged for |
his foul crime.
The Court House was full of spectators
to hear the sentence pronounced. Judge
King, in sentencing the prisoner, said
that two fair and impartial juries had
arrived at the same conclusion as to the
guilt of the prisoner after thorough and
exhaustive trials. The prisoner had been
represented by able and skillful attor-
news, and the verdict had been the same
i'm each instance-guilty, and without
recommendation To mercy. The duty of
the Court. while the most painful, was
imperative, the sentence being fixed
by law. He told Virgins that there
was no hope for mercy in this world,
| and advised him to seek religious advice
and consolation, to prepare to meet the
Great Judge who alone could show him
mercy and give peace to his soul. The
sentence of the Court is that you be
L
time as the Governor may appoint for
execution. and then you be hung by the
neck until you are dead. May God have
mercy upon your soul"
Judge King showed much emotion in
pronouncing this sentence, but Virgins
passed through the terrible ordeal "a
cool and with the same stoicism he has
shown throughout his trial and long
confinement. His cOuntenance never
changed or showed the least emotion
while the sentence was being pro-
nounced.
| A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CRIME.
On the 2Sth day of July. 1885, Mr..
VIM. Z. Porter, an Englishman, while at
work in Finnegan's grove, near Welaka
i'm this county, was fOully murdered by d
bullet from an assassin's gun. Henry
Virgins, a young negro who had been in
Porter's employ, and who had been dis
charged for petty thefts, was strongly
suspected of committing the deed, and
when arrested. made a confession saving
that he did not intend tn kill Mr.. Porter
when he shot, but only intended t.
brighten him. A complete but fatal
chain of circumstantial evidence con
nected Virgins with the crime aside
from his confessions, which We're brought
out on his first trial at the spring term OF
Circuit Court in 1886, when after a long
and tedious trial the jury returned a YER
dict of guilty, and he was sentenced to
be hanged.
On the technical ground that the in
dictment under which he was tried AMI
convicted failed to contain the words
showing that he had committed the muir
der with "A premeditated design To effect
death, the Supreme Court, when APP
pealed to, granted "a new trial, which was
given him Mt the term of the Circuit
Court just closed. Although his counsel
made strong fight for Virgins, the
verdict proved the same. and the above
sentence was pronounced yesterday
morning.
We understand that there will be no
appeal from this decision, and that
Virgins will pay the penalty of his foul
| crime ON the gallows at an early day.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hotel Ph1uiN.

j. ID. Bauscher, New York; Mrs. H. NJ Tor
nOrs, two children and nurse. Miss TOrnOrs,
saltwater, Mimi: r. L. Draper, Mrs. Robert
Draper, Miss q. D. Draper, Canton. Mass; Miss
Matte Emblem Miss Minnie AlTi-on- Mrs W
i. Jarvis. 81. Augustine: VI. y. Mason and wife.
Carthage. y, ": Mrs. III. q. DOwley and maid,
New York City; Mrs. VI. r. Brown, Miss +. L.
SprtglIe, Framingham, Mass; j. V. Van sun
boOrd, Miss -. q. Crawford and son, New York;
f. W. Gamble, city: d. :. h. Bennett. New
York; E. \. >OlOmOns. sumter. = g.. j. %.
Matthews, Citrl: y. &. Hook, New York; J. l.
Stone, Satsuma flights; = H. Peck,
Jacksonville; j. W. Gilman, Atlanta; sam W d.
league, Lady Lake, Fla; W. r. Smith, Day tOna;
W. u. JudkiIs; John T.. Ware; X. Gamble, city;
Prof. 4. f. McCandliss, Jacksonville; Geo II.
Chaplin, Boston; i. v. Pilkington, Louisville,
Ny: T.. e. Demere, Chicago; BENZ. Boyd, city.
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TERMS.
POst-Onice Directory.


General Delivery-Open at SD a. m; closes
Money Order-Open at SOFA M; closes at 5
y. l..
General Delivery on Sunday-From 2 a. IN. To
90 a. m. and after arrival of Northern mail.
MAILS ARRIVE AND CLOSE
Northern mail arrives at lilo a. m. and 2.l5
D. m; closes at l0D a. IN. and 4 ~ p. m.
Jacksonville mail arrives ut OBJ p m; closes
at 4.O u. m.
Southern mail arrives at IL 30 a. and ii K,
a. m; closes at 1000 H. M and I'D y. IN.
St Augustine mail arrives at 9.tb IL m ana
2 10 d. m; closes at 80 "A. m. and p. m
Palatka and Drayton Island mail arrives at
10.3O H. m; closes at 10 p. IN.
Palatka and Tocoi mail arrives at 9.B a. m;
closes at l.l5 p. M
Florida Southern Railway arrives at 5O y.
m: closes at 800 a.
Mails from st. Johns and Halifax Railroad
come via st. Augustine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Gard of Thanks.

The Ladies' Guild of ST. Marks Parish
desire to return their sincere thanks to
the ladies and gentlemen who rendered
such material aid in making the Old
Folks concert So successful. To Mrs. c.
F. Eaton, who so ably acted as accom-
PIANIST, we are under especial obliga-
tons. Mrs. E. VI. HAUGHToN,
President
Miss f. G.. RANDELI.. Secretary.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Darbys Proyhylaetic Fluid.

Use it in every sick-room- Will keep
the atmosphere pure and wholesome; re-
moving all bad odors from any source.
Will destroy all Disease Germs, infec-
ton from all Fevers, and all Contagious
Diseases.
The eminent physician, j. Marion
Sims, NJ. D.. of New York, says: Il am
convinced that Prof. Darbys Propyiac
Fluid is most valuable disinfectant."
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
A Sunset Effect.

Cane of the members of the House was
an erratic individual. whose vote on any
question could never be predicted. On
a certain social occasion this indepen-
dent member sang a solo. upon which
Sunset Cox's neighbor remarked: Il
didn't know Mr.. Blank was a singer. did
yoI. No" replied Mr.. Cox, but |
knew he was a wobbler.'
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Great Reductions

Elsewhere this morning will be found
new advertisement of Mr.. |. Jacob
son, who will make special sale of shoes
and gents furnishing goods to-day and
Monday. He has very large stock of
these goods, and we learn that he will
sell them at greatly reduced prices.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
SPECIAL NOTICES.
They ENclaim!

What do You do with all the Goods m
your establishment is aquestion We have
To answer very frequently.
WHY sell them. IL our reply. We Tear
nothing and buy the very best clothing
and Gents Furnishing Goods IN the mar
ket.
Our long experience in the tlothlhS
Business. has given us the correct idea;
thus we are enabled To buy a Stock 1"
suit one and all.
Our Spring and Summer Stock. with
few exceptions. is at hand and ready Tor
Inspection.
The Stock consists of Mems, Boys and
Youths CIothing of all descriptions.
In Shoes we keep up our usual Stock.
Our prices will compare favorably with
any fair competitor North or South
We are not selling at cost, nor below
cost but we take all advantages IN buy
ing Stock. at the very lowest prices and
give our customers the benefit thereof.
All We ask is "A call before purchasing
elsewhere. and if we rannot please you,
We will leave you with n smile.
MARCUS LOEB.
ellis Block. Lemon street, Palatka, Fla.
inherit
Niolets are sweet hut tine Grand Re
public" CigarroS are sweeter. - don
fail To try them.
German MilIet Seed at Alderman ~
Jackson's. ap16-;it
Notary Seal missing from office of VIM.
Thompson. aplb-'h
Go to DevereuN's for Bargains in Dry
Goods. apl5-2t
Fox RENT-PartIy furnished hous" of
six rooms. %. q. BARRETT.
aplJ-Gt Third II.
2O0 Window Shades at p. 80 and 80
cents. worth SI.OO. $3.50 and $3.50 each
at Is. l.. LiIIENTHALS,
apII-tf Farrars old Stand.
- per cent less than usual Prices at
Devereuxs. apI5-2t
For sale.
Look Here, About two car loads good
seasoned lumber delivered IN Palatka
for $40 I.r Thousand, cash. Address
Horace r. Dent. Grove Park, Fla
mh1s-tf
; cts. for Calicoe,: cts. for Cling
hams. at DevereuXs. apl5-2t
For RENT IN SEvIILs-iiandsOme
Brick Store, 25x6O feet. Apply 10 u. y +.
Healey, Seville Real Estate Exchange.
ia14 If
100 boz Shirts. Iaundered and I'm
launder.d, at less than half price. at
apl5-2t DEVEREUNs.
Orders received for putting in Water
Pipes at the store of +. I Lane. Contrac-
tor for the Water Works company.
Prices low and work guaranteed.
Mich 2}-tf r.. L. LANE.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Weather Indications.

Eastern Florida, fair ,redtIter, sta
tionary temperature, light, rdridbie
lci5ads
Western Florida, fair aceather, sta
tionary temperature. light rdriabie
iriads
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
The Wings Are Planted Deep.
New Orleans States.

1t is now stated that tkS purpose of
John Sherman's trip through the South
was To find the old Wing party and APP
peal to IT. John was not long. however,
in discovering the fact that in order to
find the old Wing party he would have
to go plunging around in Southern GENE
teries with a long handled shovel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
MARKET REPORTS.
FINANCIAL.

NEW YORK, April l5.-Exenange quiet and
steady at 1851 4sS14. Money easy at 4G1, cloS-
ing offered +1s. Sub-rreasIry. gold, clSI.stSi :;
Sub-TreatsIIry, currency, Sl5,6so Governments
dull steady per cents, 291sG la. State Bonds
dull and Stp,fIV
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

There was Jail delivery at Charles
ton, w. Va, Thursday night Not a
prisoner remained in
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
PaTker'S InterIdChen Dye Works

AL KINDS or LADIES SILK AND
N Wooiun Dresses Dyed and Cleaned WIN.
out ripping. Gent emsn's tlOthins th ms q
aud Dyed IA the most perfect manner Also
Piano aud Table Covers. IAnbIequint etc,
r.. X. FAHhAK A o., agents Tor PhlHtkh
gard 10 prices. etc. i'h W
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

cotton statement for the week
lding April Is:
rt.f.f.infs AT all I-nif..d t.r.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

LINERPoDI- April II. p m - Cotton -
April , il-6i- seller; Aprii-May. ils4. sssller;
June-July. ; +4-64. seller: July august i,i-6i.
seller; August-September, , is-s4, seller; sep
tember-Oetober, 4l-6+. buyer; octOber-No-
vember, :se-oi, value September, 1914,
seller. Futures clg~st uIli.t
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-23
Life i'm Norway.

The people are courteous. Each per-
son rising from the table bows to the
other; on the street they lift the hat to
acquaintance or strangers; the same
in the country and on the road. The
children bow. 1t is pleasant to find
such disposition to oblige. Says Nor
way letter in the indianapolis Nelos i:
You will be shown the way, taken to O
house, directed to the place you wish,
and this without expectation of tip"
There is little poverty, and no pauper-
ism. The country now has about /, soc,
600 people, but it cannot support these.
Many emigrate. The substitution of
steamships for sail-vessels and the COM
petition of English ships has driven
many men out of employment. The
work on the farms is hard, and the re-
turns, when compared with those of
farmers in America, are small. Many
are selling out their farms and leaving.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Dakota !;
these are familiar names to them. The
Norwegian immigrants, L am told by
the American Consul, have more money
with which to begin life in the new
world than any other clpss.
There is no nobility In this country.
BY the Constitution of 1914 all titles
were abolished. There is only one man
who has even an honorary title, and he
is farmer who claims descent from
Harold the Fair Headed. In 1918 Ber-
nadotte was entertained by this farmer
The new King came with his Prime
Ministers. Two tables were set, large
one and smaller one for three. The
Ministers were about to seat themselves
by the King, when the royal farmer
interposed: "Beg pardon, gentlemen,
said he, "this table is only for persons
of royal blood. You will please be
seated at the common table" The
farmer and his son then took their
places 10y the new King.
AS there is no nobility, so there are no
large estates, and consequently no ten
ant farmers, no crofters, and therefore
no poverty. Each man owns his own
farm. There are eight or ten farms
that have come down, by an old law of
primogeniture. from father to eldest
son. Other than these, estates are di-
vided at death-one-half to the wife,
the other half equally divided among
the children. Some of these farmers
hold title deeds that are in an ancient
language. There are farms that have
been in the same family a thousand
years The Norman noble was not
born when these men were ling the
soil. The family name was known
when Alfred the Great was fighting
the Danes. The man who brings out
your horse and stolkierrs can boast q
lineage that would make Lady Clare
We're de We're, "the daughter of hun
dred earls," envious.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-23
AN ENGLIsHMAN INsULTED.
The Dinicuity of Roofing Up Prejudices
Learned at tho Mothers Knee.

One bright june morning, some years ago,
party OF travelling men were gazing out upon
one OF the most charming landscapes in the
busquehanna Valley.
whose preJudices were stirred by the laudatory
tone of the conversation. He grew restless
and exclaimed:
This may seem to you rawther a pretty
scene, but II you want To ses really beautil nj
scenery, you must go 10 England, wnere the air
Is softer, tho grass greener, and the flowers
more fragrant than here"
AS he finished, one of the party, whose an
cestors were OF good old revolutionary Yankee
stock, turned to him, and, with more candor
than politeness, SAID
MY friend, IN childhood, at nv mothers
knee, was taught three things: First, to re-
we're the great Creator; second, to love the
stars aud stripes; and, thru, to hate Brit
isher. This Is one OF the many occasions when
early training"
Among the obstacles that obstruct a mans
upward progress in this world are the preiu-
dlces which. planted in the character forming
period OF early youth, he finds have become
firmly fixed in his maturer nature.
1t ID difficult TO root them out Men may
battle as they will; they can seldom entirely
overcome their early impressions.
The progressive man discovers that he
must leave his pref udices behind If he would
keep step" in the ranks.
NAe eeAA iSAo ~ WAC hey VI VIC uuNh-bCchcl
have been broken.
DO you doubt it? Wend your way TO the
sanctuary some Sabbath morning, and be-
hold! Universalist and Methodist clorgymen
occupying the same pulpit
Do you doubt ity See, as may now fire.
quently be seen, physicians Of different
schools joining in consultation over their pa
tients. See eminent members of the medical
profession, like DR.. Robson, of London and
Dr. Gum, of the Medical College OF New
York, publicly recommending q proprietary
medicine, like Warmers safe cure the only
sure specific for kidney disorders and the
many diseases caused by such disorders, and
their views attested by hundreds of regular
practitioners of various schools
Note the fact, too, that the leading clergy
men, like Rev. DR.. Rankin, ex- Chaplain OF
the United States Senate, and Rev. Dir. Ken
drick, OF the Rochester University, ono of
the international revisers of the New Tesla
ment and thousands less well-known, pub
licly recommend this remedy, because it not
only cures kidney Diseases but the many
common-named diseases caused directly by
them
Whom medical men and ministers unite i'm
such course, who can doubt that in tolerance
has ceased to rule i'll the learned professions
at least?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-23
A Conyict,s Adventure.

A Port Adelaide customs officer was
badly surprised last Thursday, and his
nerves have been unsettled ever since.
He was experimenting the unloading
OF the steamer South Australian, from
West Australia, when he noticed q box
three feet six inches long by two feet
one inch wide by two feet deep.
Ii was O peculiar-looking package.
fitting ii up on one side he found it
Internationally heavy. He turned it
over and it fell open, and from it
dropped not gross of clothes-pegs,
but mania live man. too, six feet
long when standing, but literally
doubled up now.
The poor fellow gasped for breath
and looked terribly emaciated. The
man stretched himself and cried
screamed-for water.
No one knew ut first what to do with
him, but at last the happy idea struck
somebody that this man had not paid
his passage money, and could, there
fore, be indicted for something or other
surely. Anyhow he had no friends and
should go to the station. He was given
over to policeman and carried to the
station, where he shrieked for some
thing to eat.
BY and by he told his story. He was
a West Australian convict and wanted
to get away. He couldn't book pas
sage, because the agents and police
knew him, so he engaged friend to
put him into this box, with little wa
ter and few biscuit; and in addition
he had with him small saw, pannikin,
screw-driver, anger and bits, chisel,
matches, tobacco, and a small bottle of
oil. He arranged number of strings
to the lid of the box, so that he might
keep it shut when he wished to have
it so.
The box was heaped up with the rest
of the luggage and thrown end over
end into the hold. shaking the poor fell
low in a terrible manner. He was
packed under lot of other packages,
and thus cramped, sitting, starving
lay half-dying during seven days and
nights.
When he arrived at Port Adelaide he
was almost skeleton. Excruciating
agony had plowed deep burrows upon
his face. However, he had, at any rate,
the satisfaction of knowing that his ar
rival has created greater sensation
than the incoming even of any Gov
ernor of late years.
The customs officer is in fix. He
can scarcely determine to what rate
list of tariff the "man in the box" be-
longs. 1t is thought, however, that he
will be included in the "unenumerated"
articles and pay 10 per cent. ad valorem
duty on himself.
This is the second instance of ship
ment of this kind, the first being q
servant girl, who proved IAN undes;r
able colonist. "-AuStralid1l pdpeT.
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Works OF Unmarried Men.

Bacon says that certainly the best
works and of greatest merit for the
public have proceeded from unmarried
or childless men,"
Schopenhauer appears to be OF the
same opinion: "For men of higher in
tellectual avocation, for poets, philoso-
pliers, for all those in general who de-
vote themselves to science and art,
celibacy is preferable to the married
life, because the conjugal yoke prevents
them from creating great works."
Moore has expressed the samo belief,
asserting that in looking back through
the lives of the most lllustrious poets
it is evident that they have been, with
scarcely an exception, restless and
solitary spirits, with minds wrapped
up, like silkwofms, in their own tasks,
either strangers or rebels to the domes-
tic tie"
Dante, Milton, Shakespeare and Dry
den are instances of the saddening
effect of married life upon poets.
Dante went through life away from his
wife and children, nursing in his mind
the immortal dream of Beatrice. There
is that oft-told jest of Dryden, which
sufficiently exhibits his view of the sub
ject; when his wife told him that she
wished she were book, in order that
she might have more of her husbands
companionship, he said:
"Be an almanac, my love, so that /
can change you every year.
SCOTS remark about Dryden was
that "on no occasion when a sarcasm
against matrimony would be introduced
has he failed to season it with such bit
terness as spoke of an inward con-
seriousness of domestic misery"
But the same is true of other artists
as well-of musicians and painters as
well as poets. Wagner, when young
man, married an actress. pretty as
picture, but she appears to have had
but little sympathy with his aims, and
he lived apart from her. He afterward
married daughter of List, who did
appreciate his genius, and with her he
was very happy.
The girl whom Haydn married turned
out shrew. Berlioz wrote, 20 that L
could find her, the Juliet, the Ophelia
that my heart calls to, that / could
drink in the intoxication of mingled Joy
and sadness that only true love knows
Could but rest in her arms one au-
tumn evening, rocked by the north
wind on some wild heath, and sleeping
my last sad s'eep!"
We are told That few years after
these illusions were written he ar
ranged an amicable separation from his
wife, his former divinity. and left her to
die in misery and solitude.
Handel was never in love and had an
aversion TO marriage, In 1907 he went
to Lubbock to compete for position as
organist; but finding that one of the
conditions of obtaining the place was
that he should marry the daughter of
his predecessor, he fled precipitately.